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In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.
Christopher Wren
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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike the inevitable hour:
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Thomas Gray
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. [It] has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
John Cheever
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What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.
Shinichi Suzuki (violinist)
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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
Christina Rossetti
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To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.
Aberjhani
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Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.
Lew Wallace
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Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God
and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation.
Robert Bridges
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Oh who can tell the range of joy
Or set the bounds of beauty?
Sara Teasdale
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We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.
Ellsworth Huntington
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"The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes," she continued, "is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul."
George Sand
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The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own — even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.
Katherine Anne Porter
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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. A noble artist, he has visions of excellence and revelations of beauty, which he has neither impersonated in character, nor embodied in words. His life and teachings are but studies for yet nobler ideals.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!
Louise Bogan
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive — you are leaking.
Fran Lebowitz
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One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.
Miriam Beard
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I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art –and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
Marcel Duchamp
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An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.
Kazuo Ishiguro
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I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle.
James Weldon Johnson
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When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.
Agnes Martin
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The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.
Richard Le Gallienne
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I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
Ossie Davis
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Jawaharlal Nehru
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As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.
Arthur Cayley
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